The selectors have largely ignored Younis Khan in ODIs since mid 2013 and completely since the World Cup this year although the batsman has insisted he can still play ODIs and contribute to the team.

A source in the Pakistan cricket board said that after renewed negotiations between the officials of the PCB's PSL secretariat and the Emirates Cricket Board it had been decided in principle that the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Super League would be held in Dubai and Sharjah.

Mohammad Hafeez was handed over five million rupees in cash and the rest of the amount through cheque by the Lahore police which investigated the case.

Misbah-ul-Haq told reporters during a visit to the Punjab University in Lahore that he had always advocated for Pakistan and India to play against each other regularly.

According to Waqar Younis, although the England team is in excellent form having recently won the Ashes series, the Pakistan players will have an advantage due to their knowledge of local conditions in the UAE.

Kumar Sangakkara narrowly missed out on winning the England domestic one-day cup as Surrey lost to Gloucestershire by six runs in the final at Lord's. This was Gloucestershire's first domestic one-day cup win in 11 years.

Sri Lanka's interim coach Jerome Jayaratne has said Sri Lanka's fielding standards have dropped and they are now behind Pakistan as the worst fielding team in Asia.

Rohit Sharma has said that people need to have realistic expectations from him and stated that whatever he has achieved in this game is not through talent or lazy elegance.